diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
index 77a1cbbcb..25e935bf0 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ $proxysettings{'LOGGING'} = 'off';
 $proxysettings{'CACHEMGR'} = 'off';
 $proxysettings{'LOGQUERY'} = 'off';
 $proxysettings{'LOGUSERAGENT'} = 'off';
-$proxysettings{'FILEDESCRIPTORS'} = '4096';
+$proxysettings{'FILEDESCRIPTORS'} = '16384';
 $proxysettings{'CACHE_MEM'} = '2';
 $proxysettings{'CACHE_SIZE'} = '50';
 $proxysettings{'MAX_SIZE'} = '4096';